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Vintage Nautical Print - New York City - The Lusitania's first, 1907 (2) – Historic Print

Vintage Nautical Print - New York City - The Lusitania's first, 1907 (2) — historic print
Vintage Nautical Print - New York City - The Lusitania's first, 1907 (2). Historic print from the New York City collection.

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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Vintage Nautical Print - New York City - The Lusitania's first, 1907 (2). It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Vintage Nautical Print - New York City - The Lusitania's first, 1907 (2)

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Few liners drew a bigger crowd to New York's harbor than the Cunard ship Lusitania did on her first arrival in September 1907, when she completed her maiden crossing from Liverpool. Built on the Clyde for the transatlantic race, she was among the fastest ships afloat, and her speed and size made her a symbol of the era's ocean-liner rivalry. The print captures the ship's arrival as a maritime event, when steamship landings were major news and the Hudson waterfront bustled with passengers, tugs and cargo. Later, the ship's sinking by a German submarine in 1915 gave this early moment a sadder significance for viewers.

SubjectsHistoric Print Archive
Original scan1,536 × 1,134 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111219

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